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Red Vs. Blue Final Episode Airs
Wired discusses the last episode of the Red vs. Blue web series, which ends tonight with its 100th episode. The long-running show has been lauded as highly influential in the world of machinima, and made the folks at Rooster Teeth into household names among gamers. If you enjoyed RvB, their current project is a Machinima set in the Shadowrun FPS entitled 1-800-MAGIC. "'We didn't even know what machinima was,' says Burns. 'We played a ton of Halo at LAN parties because Xbox Live didn't exist yet. The humor of us yelling across the room led to Red vs. Blue.' The videos are recorded directly from three Xbox consoles running a linked game of Halo. Players on two consoles play the red and blue characters, and one player on a third game console records all the action from the first-person viewpoint. Burns ... promises that Wednesday's final episode will 'honor that unique distribution method -- we have the ability to do some things on the internet that you can't do in television or film.'"
Just kidding.
Who gives a fuck?
The following replies are posted by unwashed nerds.
Two weeks ago everyone was out of town and I was stuck at home alone with the dog. I watched Season 1 and Season 2 off of Google Video. That was like 3 hours of RvB action! I felt like a complete nerd but it was highly entertaining.
Best episode isn't even an episode at all, it's their PSA on Zombie Plans. It's just so well done and completely random. Since watching it I have made certain that everyone in my office has a Zombie plan.
I watched the episodes of the first season with anticipation, downloading each when it came out. I watched most of (perhaps all of - I don't remember) the second season but wandered away at some point and forgot to go back.
Now I'll have to watch all of them in a couple of marathon sessions.
Sorry to see them go. But glad that MS was smart enough to have these guys do commercial bits for them instead of suing their asses off. I couldn't believe it when I saw the RvB characters on an XBox at Target. It did seem kind of weird without all the cursing, though.
Red vs. Blue has been a great show and inspired many to begin doing Machemima (sp?) themselves. I always enjoyed watching their episodes, each one is funny in it's own way. There aren't many things where, after seeing almost 100 of them over the course of a couple years, I can still remember the defining joke of the first few episodes..."Looks more like a Puma." :P. It will be missed, but, at the same time, I'm glad it's over, it's far too easy to fall into a rut with the same characters/background all the time and it's amazing that it hasn't really happened yet. Moving on to a new set of characters should make for better shows (PANICS was fun, this magic one looks okay, and I've never seen Strangerhood).
May I be one of the ones to say Thanks RvB for a lot of entertainment.
Completely from memory and paraphrased
Simons-"Looks more like a Puma."
Griff-"What, like the shoe company?"
Simons-"No a Puma, it's a cat, like a Jaguar"
Sarge-"You're making that up"
Simons-"I tell you it's a real creature"
Sarge-"Griff, I want you to poison Simons' next meal"
Griff-"Yes sir!"
Sarge-"See these two things, they look like tusks. And what animal has tusks?"
Simons-"A walrus"
Sarge-"Didn't I just tell you to stop making up animals?"
Sarge-"So if no one else has any ideas, we're gonna call it the warthog. How bout it simons?"
Simons-"No sir..."
Sarge-"Aww come on, how about Sasquatch"
Griff-"A Leprechan"
Simons-"He doesn't need any help"
Sarge-"Hey Griff, what's the name of that mexican lizard, eat's all the goats?"
Griff-"Uhh that would be the Chubacabre sir"
Sarge-"What about that Simons, the Chuba-thingy. I like it, got a ring to it"
There are two kinds of fool One says 'This is old therefore good' Another says 'This is new therefore better'- Dean Ing
Without RvB, I wouldn't be able to tell Shisno jokes! a) Knock Knock! b) Who's there? a) You are! b) You are who? a) You are a dirty dirty shisno! all) HAHAHAHAHAHA
Is it Red vs. Blue that's ending, or the Blood Gulch Chronicles? I'm told it's the latter.
After all, RvB could be resurrected later on in another series (and another location). Like how we had "Star Trek", "Star Trek: TNG", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Star Trek: DS9", "Star Trek: Enterprise" (or "Enterprise" - the series title kept changing season to season).
Haha yes, the shizno thing has become a regularly used insult between some friends and I.
Church: "OK, what does it mean?"
Gary: "What is the most foul-smelling animal on your planet?"
Church: "A skunk..."
Gary: "Does this skunk defecate?"
Church: "Yes..."
Gary: "Does the skunk's defecation in turn produce its own excrement?"
Church: "EW NO!"
Gary: "Then there is no equivalent for shizno in your language."
She's built like a steak house, but she handles like a bistro....
Best exchange of the entire series was in Episode 20 when the doc showed up:
Doc: I'm a pacifist.
Caboose: You're a thing that babies suck on?
Tucker: No dude, that's a pedophile.
Church: Tucker, I think he means a pacifier.
Tucker: Oh yeah, right. I was totally thinking about something else.
Everyone should believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.....
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
or Google Video RvB seasons if you prefer.